Johnson Creek, Wisconsin

Jefferson County

55-38350

Johnson Creek is a town ( with a status of "Village" ) in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Johnson Creek had 2738 inhabitants.

Geography

Johnson Creek is located in the central southeastern Wisconsin on the east bank of the Rock River, a left tributary of the Mississippi.

The geographical coordinates of Johnson Creek 43 ° 04'34 " north latitude and 88 ° 46'27 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 7.85 km ².

Neighboring towns of Johnson Creek are Watertown ( 15.1 km NNE ), Ixonia (22,6 km northeast), Farmington (8.6 km east), Helensville (13 km southeast), Jefferson ( 9.5 km SSW ) Aztalan ( 7.3 km to the west ) and Lake Mills (11,5 km in the same direction).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (198 km north- north-east ), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee ( 73.8 km to the east), Chicago, Illinois (201 km south-southeast ), Rockford, Illinois (106 km south-southwest ) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (55, 6 km west-southwest ).

Traffic

Interstate 94 runs in east-west direction on their way from Madison to Milwaukee through the north of Johnson Creek. Through the center of the village runs in a north -south direction of the Wisconsin State Highway 26 and meets here on the County Highways B and Y. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

Through the municipality runs a route of the Union Pacific Railroad for cargo transport.

With the Fort Atkinson Municipal Airport is located 14.5 kilometers south-southwest of Johnson Creek, a small airfield. The next airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison ( 53.4 km WNW ) and the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee ( 83.6 km to the east).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Johnson Creek 2738 people in 1049 households. The population density was 348.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1049 households lived statistically 2.6 persons each.

The racial the population was composed of 93.2 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 1.2 percent Asian and 2.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 7.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 65,489. The per capita income was $ 28,928. 13.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

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